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Lucas double caps 4-0 Arsenal win at Forest in EPL cup

This was a very comfortable win for the Arsenal in the end, with lots of positives after Arsene Wenger made lots of changes and gave some crucial experience to young players like Maitland-Niles, Akpom, Holding and Martinez. And there was much needed maych time for the likes of Kieran Gibbs, Gabriel and the Ox as well

The EFL cup clash away to the Championship club Nottingham Forest also allowed the boss to give the new signings Lucas Perez and Granit Xhaka another run out and they rewarded him and gave him some selection decisions to make by scoring the first three goals to give Arsenal a 4-0 win and put us into the next round.

Even though it was comfortable in the end, with the Gunners totally dominant in the second half, we had to ride our luck early on, when the former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner could have had a goal and an assist in the opening exchanges.

Kasami’s glaring miss was the best chance for the home side and they paid for that miss when Xhaka produced another powerful long range after his opener at Hull on Saturday. There was a deflection and the Forest keeper should have done better but we were in front and never really looked back.

The win was sealed on the hour mark when Lucas Perez got his debut goal from the penalty spot after a clumsy tackle by Mancienne. He took it well but his second was much more impressive and showed the strength, speed and finishing that Wenger bought him for.

It was almost the perfect night for the Spaniard with a decent chance for a hat-trick but let’s not be too greedy eh? It was great to see a fine finish from Chamberlain in the dying minutes to cap a good game and make it four without reply. All in all a great night for the players involved, Wenger and the club in general.

Martinez- wasn’t much to do but commanded the box when called on.
Maitland Niles- Class performance
Cb’s- Great display
Gibbs- I can’t see why some of you want him sold
Xhaka, Elneny- Class performance
Chuba – well played for the penalty call
OX- Started slow but better 2nd half
Rein Adelaid- Class performance
Perez – slow start but got going with his 2 goals.

All in all great show by the lads. These young guns are definitely promising. It’s good to have such depth.

The way Lucas and OX combined at the end was exciting to watch. We are talking “pace into space” here. It will be interesting to see if they can develop their partnership further. Poor Wenger….he is definitely going to have selection headaches from now on.

What I liked most is the depth of our squad MAN! look at other big boys, they are playing their first team players even with less injuries they have, still we have Ramsey,Giroud,Welback out who could play this game as well! Selection headache ahead!!!!

I’m still waiting for Giroud to come back, but he has a rather bad record against Chelsea. We may as well try something different. I’d like to see Lucas start though, I question whether Alexis can disturb a decent defensive team playing down the middle. Watford and Hull aren’t enough evidence. When he played against decent defenders in PSG game he was absolutely useless until he moved out wide, which is still by a longshot his best position.

@Rsh I tell u what,I prefer giroud against Chelsea not for anything else but holdup play and aerial duels in the Chelsea box else our crosses will be useless.giroud tires out defenders and will allow for Sanchez and walcott to express themselves more.here’s my team selection against Chelsea.
chech
bells. mustafi. boss. Montreal
coq. santi
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walcott. giroud. sanchcez

as much as I would love iwobi to start, I think he’ll have a really tough time against ivanovic or azpilicueta. bench…….xhaka,ospina,iwobi,elneny lucas

I believe Iwobi can play against any team at the moment. Did you watch him against Barcelona last season, and this season again against PSG, I don’t think they come any bigger than that. I really just want him to work on his positioning when helping out the left back.

Also don’t forget that the Chelsea’s back for are currently being beaten by teams with fast paced forwards.